Support for musical instruments.



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n. BDOBMAN. SUPPORT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

(Application fi1od 0ct. 12, 1898.)

.(No Model.)

5 INVENTOR WITNESSES mg if/aw TH: cams 9 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BOORMAN, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,493, dated January 16, 1900.

Application filed October 12, 1898. Serial No. 693,324. (No model.)

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Be it known that 1, DAVID BOORMAN, a resident of Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Musical Instruments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in supports for pianos, organs, or other musical instruments, the object of the invention being to provide a support which will firmly support a musical instrument and insure an increased musical tone to the instrument when played. I

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which will be simple in construction, easily placed in position and re moved, and to provide a device which will be extremely cheap to manufacture and most effectual when in use.

WVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter de scribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating my improved support in place, and Fig. 2 is a view in section of same. Fig. 3 is a modified form of my invention.

1 represents a block or strip of insulating material, preferably glass, on which is disposed a metal jack 2, which is preferably hollow and provided with a longitudinal screwthreaded opening 3 in its upper end. A threaded bar or post 4 passes through said opening 2 and is provided with an enlarged angular portion 5 for the reception of a wrench or other tool to turn same. The upper end of the bar or post a (above the enlarged portion 5) is preferably made conical, as shown at 6, whereby to facilitate the turning of said bolt 4 upon a metal plate 7 under the body of the piano or other musical instrument 8.

Instead of providing the bar or post 4 with a conical upper end 6 I may construct the same as shown in Fig. 3. In this form of my invention the enlarged angular upper end of the bar or post is made with a recess or doby when the bar or post is turned the ball will prevent friction against plate 7, and hence prevent injury to the musical instrument.

It will be readily seen that with my improved device it is simply necessary to place the same beneath the musical instrument and turn the bolt 4 until it raises the musical instrument from the floor. Four or more of these supports may be employed, according to the size of the instrument to be supported. It will also be seen that my improved device will, due to the small contact-point with the piano or other musical instrument, permit but a small amount of vibration to be transmitted to the support, and that the amount of vibration which will reach the support will be insulated from the floor or carpet by the glass or other insulating-plate, and hence by the use of my device the musical instrument will be given a much greater and sweeter tone than heretofore, as none of the vibrations will be permitted to pass off into the floor.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-=- l. A device adapted to support a musical instrument and improve the tone thereof, con-= sisting of a hollow metal body adapted to be disposed under the instrument and provided with adjustable parts having a contracted bearing adapted for contact with the instrument, and a block under said hollow body.

2. A device for supporting a musical instrument and improving the tone thereof, consisting of a hollow metal body, a part projecting from said hollow body and having a pointed upper end, and a glass block under said hollow body.

3. Adevicefor supportingamusical instrument and improving its tone, consisting of a hollow conical metal standard, a glass block In testimony whereof I have signed this speclficatlon 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID BOORMAN.

GEO. M. MCKINNEY,

' Witnesses:

W. H. GLENN. 

